St. Anthony, Altamont To Meet For NTC Girls Tourney Title

BEECHER CITY -- Altamont and Effingham St. Anthony will meet for the championship of the National Trail Conference Girls Basketball Tournament after winning in action Thursday evening.

Top-seeded Altamont handed North Clay (Louisville), fifth seeded, a 62-48 loss.

The Indians edged out to a 16-14 opening quarter lead then pushed into a 32-23 halftime tally. The final quarter saw Altamont finish with an 18-9 run.

Mary Guse tallied 20 points for the winners while Leah Mayhaus added 12.

North Clay was led by Madison Lovett with 27.

Three players hit double figures as No. 2 St. Anthony handed No. 3 Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg a 54-39 loss.

The Bulldogs held a 19-13 halftime lead then had a 20-9 third quarter run.

Meg Richards, a senior, led the way for St. Anthony with 15 points while Sydney Gibson added 12 and Shea Kinkelaar 10. Kinkelaar pulled down six rebounds while Gibson had seven assists. Riley Guy and Clare McHugh had two steals each.

The Hatchets were led by Megan Schlechte with 14 points.

"Our team defense was superb," said St. Anthony Coach Bart Wiedman. "We held Megan Schlechte and Nikki Trussell to seven points combined for three quarters. Mostly because our guards had great pressure and we controlled the glass.

"Sydney had a great game. Offensively she was effective going to the basket and defensively she played physical without fouling. Meg and Shea kept us afloat with big buckets and then Clare hit her groove in the second half."

In consolation bracket action, Brownstown/St. Elmo defeated Dieterich, 64-39.

BSE raced out to a 23-10 opening quarter lead and led 49-22 at halftime.

BSE was led by Claire Wilhour with 23 points, Natalie Oberlink with 18 and Olivia Campbell with 13.

Dieterich wa sled by Emily Bloemer with 12 and Jenny Robards with nine.

Neoga handed Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City a 51-42 loss.

The Indians moved ahead 29-13 at halftime. CHBC came back with a 29-22 second half but couldn't make up that first half deficit.

Mary Hill tallied 16 for the winners while Olivia Titus chipped in with 11.

CHBC was led by Lauren Wojcik with 12 and Kylee Bertin with 11.

The finals have been moved to today. Dieterich faces CHBC at 4 p.m. for seventh place. BSE takes on Neoga at 5:30 for the consolation championship. The third place contest is North Clay against WSS at 7. Altamont will meet St. Anthony at 8:30 for the championship.

NTC Tournament

Game Seven

DIETERICH (39)

Wendt 0-0 -- 0, Britton 1-0 -- 3, Boerngen 1-0 -- 2, E. Bloemer 6-0 -- 12, Vahling 0-1 -- 1, Robards 3-2 -- 9, K. Bloemer 3-0 -- 6, Meinhart 2-2 -- 6, Pruemer 0-0 -- 0, Bierman 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 16 FG, 5 FT.

BSE (64)

A. Wilhour 3-2 -- 8, Scholes 1-0 -- 2, Campbell 6-0 -- 13, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Griggs 0-0 -- 0, Walk 0-0 -- 0, C. Wilhour 10-0 -- 23, Oberlink 7-4 -- 18. TOTALS 27 FG, 6 FT.

Dieterich               10    12    11    6    --    39

BSE                       23    26    11    4    --    64

3-point FG -- Dieterich 2 (Britton 1, Robards 1), Brownstown/St. Elmo 4 (C. Wilhour 3, Campbell 1).

Game Eight

CHBC (42)

Robertson 3-2 -- 9, Bertin 4-2 -- 11, Persinger 1-0 -- 2, Burks 0-2 -- 2, Lorton 2-0 -- 4, Duckwitz 0-0 -- 0, Morrison 1-0 -- 2, Bunch 0-0 -- 0, Wojcik 6-0 -- 12, Endsley 0-0 -- 0, Cherry 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 17 FG, 6 FT.

NEOGA (51)

Partlow 3-0 -- 6, Ramert 1-3 -- 5, Titus 3-4 -- 11, Phillips 1-3 -- 5, M. Hill 8-0 -- 16, Gentry 1-2 -- 4, Rupel 1-0 -- 2, Sheehan 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 19 FG, 12 FT.

CHBC               5      8    14    15    --    42

Neoga             11    18    10    12    --    51

3-point FG -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 2 (Robertson 1, Bertin 1), Neoga 1 (Titus 1).

Game Nine

ALTAMONT (62)

McManaway 2-0 -- 4, Crow 0-0 -- 0, Hardiek 2-0 -- 4, Schultz 1-4 -- 6, Ti. Mette 2-0 -- 5, Runge 1-0 -- 3, Guse 8-2 -- 20, Jackman 3-2 -- 8, Mayhaus 5-2 -- 12. TOTALS 24 FG, 10 FT.

NORTH CLAY (48)

Craig 3-1 -- 7, Bailey 1-0 -- 2, Miller 0-0 -- 0, Holkenbrink 1-0 -- 2, Coble 2-2 -- 6, Lewis 2-0 -- 4, Lovett 8-7 -- 27. TOTALS 17 FG, 10 FT.

Altamont              16    16    12    18    --    62

North Clay            14      9    16      9    --    48

3-point FG -- Altamont 4 (Guse 2, Runge 1, Ti. Mette 1), North Clay 4 (Lovett 4).

Game 10

WSS (39)

Dasenbrock 0-0 -- 0, Davis 1-2 -- 4, H. Hayes 4-0 -- 9, A. Schlechte 0-0 -- 0, M. Schlechte 6-2 -- 14, N. Hayes 3-0 -- 6, Mi. Nichols 1-0 -- 2, Schultz 1-0 -- 2, Trussell 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 17 FG, 4 FT.

ST. ANTHONY (54)

Hakman 0-0 -- 0, Guy 0-0 -- 0, Kinkelaar 3-4 -- 10, McHugh 4-0 -- 8, Gibson 3-6 -- 12, Repking 1-2 -- 4, Rozene 0-0 -- 0, Richards 7-1 -- 15, Hartke 0-0 -- 0, Beesley 1-0 -- 2, Wegman 0-0 -- 0, Karolewicz 1-0 -- 3, Kabbes 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 20 FG, 13 FT.

WSS                        6    7      9    17    --    39

St. Anthony          10    9    20    15    --    54

3-point FG -- Windsor/Stew-Stras 1 (H. Hayes 1), St. Anthony 1 (Karolewicz 1).